APRIL SNOW SHOWERS – Pam Young shovels snow from in front of Harry Race Pharmacy this morning. The city measured 1.5 inches of snow this morning at 10 a.m. More snow and low overnight temperatures of 28 degrees are forecast for both tonight and Saturday night. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
August 5, 2020
A Note To Our Readers
Reopening: Phase One:
On March 30 the Daily Sitka Sentinel began taking precautions against the coronavirus, which was starting to show up in Alaska.
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Alaska COVID-19
At a Glance
(updated 4-9-21)
By Sentinel Staff
The state Department of Health and Social Services has posted the following update on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alaska as of 11:20 a.m. Friday.
New cases as of Thursday: 241
Total statewide – 62,161
Total (cumulative) deaths – 309
Total (cumulative) hospitalizations – 1,388
To visit the Alaska DHSS Corona Response dashboard website click here.
The City of Sitka posted the following update on COVID-19 cases in Sitka as of 5 p.m. Thursday.
Active cases in Sitka – 8
Hospitalizations (cumulative) in Sitka – 5
Cumulative Sitka cases – 348 (309 resident; 39 non-resident)
Cumulative recovered – 340
Deceased (cumulative) – 1
The local case data are from the City of Sitka website.
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Sitka Vax Stats
The City of Sitka posted the following update on vaccinations in Sitka as of Friday.
Partially vaccinated – 4,564 (65.85%)
Fully vaccinated – 4,070 (58.72%)
Total population (16+) –6,931
Sitka has vaccinated 1,215 (89.5%) of its senior population (1,358 total), age 65 and older.
Vaccination data are for the City and Borough of Sitka. The data are updated weekly on Sitka’s COVID-19 Dashboard at: bit.ly/SitkaDashboard.
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2001
Photo caption: Karl Johnson, Gege Dimond, Dolly Garza, Sheryl Parsons, Joy Light and Teri Rofkar cast off in a traditional Tlingit canoe at Sealing Cove Sunday. They were practicing paddling techniques for the traditional carved canoe race to be held this weekend as part of the communitywide celebration “One Nation Working Together.”
50 YEARS AGO
April 1971
Meeting notices: The Sitka Roadters car club will meet Sunday at Don’s Crescent Service. ... Southeast Alaska Trollers Assoc. will hold their monthly meeting Sunday at Blatchley Junior High. ... The Sitka Historical Society will meet Sunday at the Centennial Building. After a short meeting further work will be done on the society’s museum that’s being installed in the west wing of the building.
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